Large-Scale Big Data Solution to Speed Policy Decisions

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Collecting and analyzing data on serious global challenges through conventional methods would take years, and a national crisis could occur before the completion of the work. 

Japan’s government is considering introducing an artificial intelligence-based big data analysis system in order to enable speedier policy decisions, and it has already started basic research on the matter. 

Among other issues, a recent increase in equipment that can be diverted to military use, such as drones, is making it a challenge for Japan to track the distribution of related parts and components. The government also faces a need to collect and analyze a huge volume of data over the novel coronavirus.

The big data analysis system in question was developed by Palantir Technologies, and an official Japanese source said: “We are holding talks with Palantir in the fields of defense, national security and trade management.”

The system integrates and analyzes data scattered throughout a huge organization in a short period of time. 

Its clients include major U.S. and European financial institutions, and such U.S. government organizations as the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Department and the Department of Health and more.

In the coronavirus crisis, the company is working with the United States and European countries, including the United Kingdom, to analyze infection routes and stocks of medical goods.

The company signaled that it was ready to call on Japanese government agencies to adopt its AI-based big data analysis system early, pointing out that it does not use customer data for its own businesses, according to japantimes.co.jp.